Curtain rod



W. SCHAEFER CURTAIN ROD Filed'Jan. 1-12 1923 Aug 1%, 192,4

Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

' UNITED srATss P E T- ,OFHC

ROW'LAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

rona'ri'o'n or CONNECTICUT.

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"Application filed January 12, '1923f Serial 110612160.

To all whom it may concern. I

Be it known'that IfWILLIAM SCHAEFER,

a citizen of the United States, residing in Vatervillc, in the county of New Haven, in

the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gurtain Rods, of which the following in speci The invention relates to an improvement in curtain rods, and more particularly to an improvement in curtain rods of the type in which a single, centrally-arranged curtain supporting member is mounted at its two ends on brackets provided with sockets for member in place.

Curtain rods of this type have heretofore been so constructed that the bracket members have not been interchangeable, the left hand bracket would serve only on the left hand end of the curtain rod and the right hand bracket would serve only on the right hand end of the curtain rod. This non-interchangeability of the bracket members sometimes results in considerable inconvenience, especially when a curtain supporting member is supplied'to a customer with either two left or two right hand brackets. The object of the present invention is cordance with this end it is proposed to make the brackets interchangeable, so that each will be equally adapted for use on the right hand end or the left hand end of the curtain rod. The invention is more fully described hereinafter and is'particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat bracket; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3,

showing the socket fully turned and the bracket converted into a right hand bracket; and Fig. 5 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken along the line 55 of Fig. 1.

T1 l *t' 'll ttd 1e impioiec cu am ice, as 1 us 1a e in the drawings, comprises a s ngle flat centi'ally-arranged curtain supporting member detachably holding the curtain supporting to obviate this inconvenience, and in aclips 16 of thesockets. sertion of the curtain supporting members 10', the ends of which"arerdetachably mount- ,ed in brackets secured to the'wall or window for door casement. Each bracket comprises :a'base'portion 11 adaptedto lieflat against the wall. or casement and to'be secured thereto by the screwsl2, and an arm 13 projectng outwardly from the base 11 and then inwardly towardtheadjacent end 'of the member 10. I

On the free end of-the offset inwardly projecting part '14: of each. bracket is pivotally mounted a reversible socket 15. The socket sockets are held'in, place by means of the rivets17. By means of this construction of the bracket and socket, each bracket may be usedinterchangeablyeither as a left hand oras a right hand bracket.

The conversionhof a bracket adapted to hold the left hand end of the curtain supporting member into a bracket adapted to hold the right hand end of the curtain sup porting member is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4-. To convert the bracket from the left hand to a right hand bracket,it is simply necessary to turnthe socket 15 through half a revolution. To facilitatethe turning ofthe socket the middle portionof the intui'ned lips 16 are cut away at 18. While the socket is being turned, as shown in Fig." 1

3, the resiliency of the sides ofthe socket permit the lips16 to be forcedapart by the part 14 of the bracket. When the socket has been turned, it brings the bottom 19thereof in contact with the opposite edge of the part 14: of the bracket. Thus when'the bracket, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, served as a left hand bracket the bottom 19 of the socket was in contact with the edge 20 of the bracket part 14 and when the. socket was turned the bottom 19 of the socket was brought into contact with the edge 21 of the bracket part 14:. as shown in Fig. 1.

lVhen the brackets have been arranged so that one constitutes a left hand bracket and the other aright hand bracket, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the curtain supporting member 10 is forced into place past the inturned To facilitate the iiiedges of the latter are rounded at 22, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new is 2- 1. A flat, elongated curtain rod comprising a curtain supporting member, and two brackets each of which is provided -with a U-shaped reversible socket in which the adjacent end of the curtain supporting member is detachably held.

2. A curtain rod comprising a curtain supporting member and two brackets,"each bracket being provided with a reversible socket consisting of a U-shaped piece-pivoted on the free end of. the bracket.

3.'A curtain rod comprising a curtain supporting member and two brackets, each bracket beingiprovided with a pivotallyfl mounted socket projecting beyond the end of the bracket to detachably receive the adjacent end of the curtain supporting member, each socket being reversible so as to receive the opposite end of the curtain rod when the bracket is placed at' that end of the the adjacent end of the curtain supporting member, said socket being reversible so that the position ofits bracket may bereversed.

WILLIAM SCHAEFER- 

